Historical Events In 1968

Jun 04   In the year 1968 dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70  

Jun 05   On this day in history senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who was immediately arrested. Kennedy had just claimed victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. 68  

Jun 05   Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day on this day in history.  

Jun 05   On this day in history uS Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles  

Jun 06   Franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies in the year 1968.  

Jun 06   Senator Robert F. Kennedy succumbs to being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the day before in Los Angeles on this day in history.  

Jun 07   Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60 in the year 1968.  

Jun 07   Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination on this day in history.  

Jun 08   Gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power" in the year 1968.  

Jun 08   In the year 1968 james Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport.  

Jun 08   New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted in the year 1968.  

Jun 08   Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" on this day in history.  

Jun 10   On this day in history yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65  

Jun 12   In the year 1968 fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76  

Jun 14   On this day in history karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51  

Jun 15   In the year 1968 john Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral  

Jun 15   Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

Jun 18   Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing in the year 1968.  

Jun 19   On this day in history 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign  

Jun 20   Jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds on this day in history.  

Jun 21   Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 in the year 1968.  

Jun 21   On this day in history supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns  

Jun 24   Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner in the year 1968.  

Jun 24   In the year 1968 deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion  

Jun 24   In the year 1968 joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title  

Jun 24   Resurrection City closed on this day in history.  

Jun 25   Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 in the year 1968.  

Jun 26   Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US on this day in history.  

Jun 27   In the year 1968 ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague  

Jun 27   Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies in the year 1968.  

Jun 28   Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers on this day in history.  

Jun 29   Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jun 30   In the year 1968 gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections  

Jun 30   John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)  

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor  

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 03   Kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa) was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)  

Jan 02   On this day in history sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies  

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 in the year 1968.  

Jan 06   On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81  

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died in the year 1968.  

Jan 10   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73  

Jan 11   On this day in history death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)